Goaltender Jacob Wassermann is among the survivors of Friday night’s horrific collision between a semi and the Humboldt Broncos team bus.

He is currently in Saskatoon, according to his great-aunt Phyllis Wassermann, who was reached in Humboldt on Saturday. Not sure if he was in surgery already or not, she said he was supposed to have surgery on his back was at risk of being paralyzed.

“For us it’s like a dark cloud is hanging and I just can’t imagine what the immediate family is going through,” she said. “It’s hard enough for us.”

Happy to hear he was alive after realizing the severity of the crash, she said it’s still a battle for him.

“We’re just keeping our fingers crossed and praying,” she said.

“I keep saying to my husband, ‘I could see him standing in net still and putting his helmet on, shaking his head, and then this.’ It’s a shock, the whole thing.”

A Humboldt native, Wassermann played 28 games for the Broncos during the 2017-18 regular season making a total of 739 saves and played five games in the playoffs, making a total of 160 saves.

In March, he shared the honour of SJHL Rookie of the Year with Weyburn Redwing forward Cade Kowalski.

“Just to receive such a great award and to share it with such a great player. That guy (Wassermann) is going to be going places. He’s going to be a pretty good goalie in the WHL. So it’s an honour,” Kowalski was quoted saying in Pembina Valley Online.